Fire-cracker pistol.



No. 780,499. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

v G. W. HANSON.

FIRE GRACKER PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1903.

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WITNESSES; JNVENTOR A TTOR/VE Y.

PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

G. WEANSON. FIRE GRAGKER PISTOL.

APPLIUATION FILED PEB. 9, 1903.

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No. I280,499.

UNTTED STATas Patented January 24, 1905.

PaTnNT @Tricia FIRE-CRACKER PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,499, dated January 24, 1905. Application flied February 9,1908. Serial No. 142,680.

To all whom t m/ty concernl Be it known that I, GUs'rAF VILLIAM HAN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Fire Cracker Pistol and Punk -Holder, of

which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to that class of firecracker pistols or holders in which the lirecracker is placed in the barrel of the pistol or holder at the breech end, the fuse extending through an opening in the breech to be there ignited.

The object of my invention is to produce a fire-cracker pistol or holder of the kind specilied in which a stick of slow-burning material is held in the frame of the pistol or holder and the fuse of the fire-cracker is brought into contact with the ignited end of said slow- The invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of elements, substantially as hereinafter claimed.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved fire-cracker holder, internal mechanism being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a partial section and partial elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of part of the pistol, showing the holding-dog and spring enlarged. Fig. 4 is a top plan of the pistol, indicating in dotted lines the form of butt-stock.

Reference-letter A indicates one section or part of the frame or stock, and B the other part. The parts A and B are of metal, cast or struck up, and each part is provided with holes for the connecting-rivets and seats for operating' parts and also for the trunnions on which the barrel turns. The barrel C is of metal, and its bore preferably tapers or decreases in size from the muzzle backward, leaving the chamber for the rire-cracker in the rear end of the barrel of a size to neatly contain the {ire-cracker with the fuse projecting from the rear of the barrel. The frame or stock sections A B have holes c', in which the barrel-trunnions c ind bearings when the l parts are assembled. Rivets or holding-bosses d CZ CZ extend from one frame-section and pass through holes in the other handle or frame section, thus holding the parts together. The

burning material by the closing of the breech.

barrel rocks on its trunnions and between said sections. A spring H is seated in a 'suitable recess I in the frame and bears against a projection L, extending downward from the barrel. The effect of this spring is to turn the barrel on its trunnions toward its open position. A projection or hook f, extending downward from the barrel, engages a hook g on the trigger D when the barrel is in closed position. The trigger D is pivoted at m and is pressed forward by a spiral spring Gr, which is held in suitable sockets j a in the frame-and trigger, respectively. The rear end of the barrel is beveled or inclined, and the breechblock or recoil-piece e, immediately in rear of the barrel, is fixed to the frame-sections and correspondingly inclined. The breech may be opened by releasing the hooks f g by a pull on the finger-piece 0 of the trigger D and bearing down on the front of the barrel. When the breech closes, the hooks f g engage automatically, as is common in hook-catches.

The frame or stock sections are each grooved diagonally, so that when put together there is a cylindrical opening p extending through the frame with its upper endnearly over the breech-block or recoil-piece e. Said recoilpiece is grooved or recessed, as at to permit the fuse of the fire-cracker to lie in said groove A piece of punk or other slowburning material b is placed in the opening p when the toy is in use and is held from backward movement by a dog E, which lies in a recess in the frame and projects slightly into the opening p, being pressed in such direction by the spring F, which spring rests in sockets in the frame and dog. The dog E is pivoted at Z, as shown. The spring-holding sockets in the frame are preferably formed by cups or bosses projecting from both handlesections.

The punk or slow-burning material being pressed up from below, ignited at the top, and fed forward by pressure from below, as desired, is held from backward movementI by the pawl E, as will be understood. rlhe breech is opened by a pull on the trigger, which opens the breech by rocking the barrel on its trunnions. A rire-cracker may be then inserted into the rear end of the barrel with the fuse Fig. 4,

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projecting rearwardly. When the breech is closed, the fuse of the fire-cracker is brought close to the ignited end of the punk, and the fuse should be thus ignited.

vWhat I claim isl. A fire-cracker holder having a handle or frarne provided with bearings, a barrel having trunnions resting in said bearings, a spring having its support in the frame and bearing against the barrel to close the breech, a hook on the barrel, and a hooked trigger pivoted in the frame in position to engage said barrelhook, all combined.

2. A lire-cracker pistol having a pivoted barrel, means for opening and closing the barrel, a fixed breech-piece having a groove therein in rear of the barrel, and a stock With an opening for punk extending to the rear of the breech-piece, all combinec.

GUSIAF WILLIAM HANSON. Witnesses:

O. E. HAWKINsoN, G. W. ECKER. 

